diff --git a/test/functional/data/rpc_getblockstats.json b/test/functional/data/rpc_getblockstats.json
index 487945dd9fa..7d7460aacc8 100644
--- a/test/functional/data/rpc_getblockstats.json
+++ b/test/functional/data/rpc_getblockstats.json
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   ],
   "mocktime": 1525107225,
   "stats": [
@@ -147,10 +147,10 @@
       "utxo_size_inc_actual": 75
     },
     {
-      "avgfee": 4460,
+      "avgfee": 4440,
       "avgfeerate": 20,
-      "avgtxsize": 223,
-      "blockhash": "0aa1cae78efd1efcd5203366a257b6ccf4c9e4960f6b8a3724ad790ab568a10f",
+      "avgtxsize": 222,
+      "blockhash": "06e5883dc39af4810bcd505b95149db664206c13ec7f5d4b33e25e30f37b5961",
       "feerate_percentiles": [
         20,
         20,
@@ -160,69 +160,69 @@
       ],
       "height": 102,
       "ins": 1,
-      "maxfee": 4460,
+      "maxfee": 4440,
       "maxfeerate": 20,
-      "maxtxsize": 223,
-      "medianfee": 4460,
+      "maxtxsize": 222,
+      "medianfee": 4440,
       "mediantime": 1525107242,
-      "mediantxsize": 223,
-      "minfee": 4460,
+      "mediantxsize": 222,
+      "minfee": 4440,
       "minfeerate": 20,
-      "mintxsize": 223,
+      "mintxsize": 222,
       "outs": 4,
       "subsidy": 5000000000,
       "swtotal_size": 0,
       "swtotal_weight": 0,
       "swtxs": 0,
       "time": 1525107243,
-      "total_out": 4999995540,
-      "total_size": 223,
-      "total_weight": 892,
-      "totalfee": 4460,
+      "total_out": 4999995560,
+      "total_size": 222,
+      "total_weight": 888,
+      "totalfee": 4440,
       "txs": 2,
       "utxo_increase": 3,
       "utxo_increase_actual": 2,
-      "utxo_size_inc": 236,
-      "utxo_size_inc_actual": 148
+      "utxo_size_inc": 235,
+      "utxo_size_inc_actual": 147
     },
     {
-      "avgfee": 24906,
-      "avgfeerate": 121,
-      "avgtxsize": 231,
-      "blockhash": "53e416e2538bc783c42a7aea566e884321afed893e9e58cf356d6429759dfa46",
+      "avgfee": 21390,
+      "avgfeerate": 155,
+      "avgtxsize": 219,
+      "blockhash": "7474991c2ae3c94c4813d75b4c752028304b773dd4dce8d460dfa2d1e7b542a3",
       "feerate_percentiles": [
         20,
         20,
         20,
-        300,
-        300
+        301,
+        301
       ],
       "height": 103,
-      "ins": 3,
-      "maxfee": 66900,
-      "maxfeerate": 300,
-      "maxtxsize": 249,
-      "medianfee": 4460,
+      "ins": 4,
+      "maxfee": 43200,
+      "maxfeerate": 301,
+      "maxtxsize": 225,
+      "medianfee": 19740,
       "mediantime": 1525107243,
-      "mediantxsize": 223,
-      "minfee": 3360,
+      "mediantxsize": 225,
+      "minfee": 2880,
       "minfeerate": 20,
-      "mintxsize": 223,
-      "outs": 8,
+      "mintxsize": 203,
+      "outs": 10,
       "subsidy": 5000000000,
-      "swtotal_size": 249,
-      "swtotal_weight": 669,
-      "swtxs": 1,
+      "swtotal_size": 878,
+      "swtotal_weight": 2204,
+      "swtxs": 4,
       "time": 1525107243,
-      "total_out": 9999920820,
-      "total_size": 695,
-      "total_weight": 2453,
-      "totalfee": 74720,
-      "txs": 4,
-      "utxo_increase": 5,
-      "utxo_size_inc": 384,
+      "total_out": 10899908680,
+      "total_size": 878,
+      "total_weight": 2204,
+      "totalfee": 85560,
+      "txs": 5,
+      "utxo_increase": 6,
       "utxo_increase_actual": 4,
-      "utxo_size_inc_actual": 296
+      "utxo_size_inc": 441,
+      "utxo_size_inc_actual": 300
     }
   ]
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_getblockstats.py b/test/functional/rpc_getblockstats.py
index 21fa4392f96..bf261befcc8 100755
--- a/test/functional/rpc_getblockstats.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_getblockstats.py
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ class GetblockstatsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(address=address, amount=10, subtractfeefromamount=False)
         self.nodes[0].settxfee(amount=0.003)
         self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(address=address, amount=1, subtractfeefromamount=True)
+        # Send to OP_RETURN output to test its exclusion from statistics
+        self.nodes[0].send(outputs={"data": "21"})
         self.sync_all()
         self.generate(self.nodes[0], 1)
 
@@ -173,6 +175,12 @@ class GetblockstatsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         assert_equal(genesis_stats["utxo_increase_actual"], 0)
         assert_equal(genesis_stats["utxo_size_inc_actual"], 0)
 
+        self.log.info('Test tip including OP_RETURN')
+        tip_stats = self.nodes[0].getblockstats(tip)
+        assert_equal(tip_stats["utxo_increase"], 6)
+        assert_equal(tip_stats["utxo_size_inc"], 441)
+        assert_equal(tip_stats["utxo_increase_actual"], 4)
+        assert_equal(tip_stats["utxo_size_inc_actual"], 300)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     GetblockstatsTest().main()